Chemical composition of iron-manganese and phosphate rocks from aseismic ridges of the Indian Ocean and from the continental slope of the Southeast Africa

Study of chemical composition of 26 samples collected at depths from 400 to 1400 m on vertex surfaces of the Southeast Indian Ridge, Mascarene Ridge, Madagascar Ridge, and Mozambique Ridge, as well as on the upper part of the Southeast Africa continental slope showed that the samples represent three groups of rocks: 1) low phosphate or phosphate-free ferromanganese rocks, 2) phosphate ferromanganese rocks 3) phosphorites and phosphatized limestones.

Geochemistry of the volcanic basement of ODP Hole 134-831B

The basement of Bougainville Guyot drilled at Site 831 consists of andesitic hyalobreccias derived from a submarine arc volcano. The volcanic sequence has been dated by K/Ar at approximately 37 Ma. The 121 m of andesitic hyalobreccias drilled in Hole 831B have been divided into five subunits of two types: one appears to be primary, and the other contains evidence of reworking and a subaerial clastic input. Variations are attributed to fluctuations in water depth. The distinctive hyalobreccias consist of andesitic blebs with chilled margins and peripheral fractures set in a chaotic greenish matrix that is mainly altered glass, with crystals similar to those in the blebs or clasts. Their formation is attributed to violent reaction of andesitic magma discharged into seawater, in perhaps the submarine equivalent of fire-fountaining. There was limited reworking by currents and debris flows on the flanks of the submarine volcano. The andesite shows no significant compositional variation in phenocryst phases throughout the drilled sequence and contains phenocrysts of plagioclase (An88-43), clinopyroxene (Ca44Mg46Fe10-Ca41Mg40Fe19), orthopyroxene (Ca4Mg79Fe17-Ca3Mg58Fe39), and titanomagnetite. There is a systematic change in volcanic composition with height in the section, from more mafic andesites at the base, to overlying more acid andesites, and strong evidence exists that magma mixing may have played a significant role in the genesis of these lavas. The andesites have affinities with the low-K arc tholeiite series. Trace element and isotopic systematics for these rocks indicate very minor involvement of a LILE- and 87Sr-enriched slab-derived fluid in their petrogenesis. This accords with the previous suggestion that Bougainville Guyot forms part of an Eocene proto-island arc developed along the southern side of the d'Entrecasteaux Zone, above a southward-dipping subduction zone.

Guerra, relaciones de producción y economía en la Galia meridional post-romana

La guerra fue un fenómeno generalizado en la Galia meridional durante el siglo VI. Su omnipresencia estuvo alimentada en buena medida por la naturaleza de la dinámica política de los reinos, por la forma de interacción entre reyes y aristócratas. En el presente trabajo se analiza su influencia sobre las relaciones sociales de producción y la economía de la región. Concretamente, se argumenta que la guerra favoreció la inestabilidad de los vínculos de dependencia y -consecuentemente- la contracción económica que caracterizaron el periodo

Los radicalizados del sector rural. Los dirigentes del Movimiento Agrario Misionero y Montoneros (1971- 1976)

En este artículo analizaremos la trayectoria de un grupo de agricultores que fundó en el interior de la provincia de Misiones el Movimiento Agrario Misionero (MAM). Al principio, igual que en las demás provincias del Nordeste, los agricultores participaron juntos en las movilizaciones de protesta y fueron apoyados por el obispo católico del lugar. Los dirigentes se vincularon tempranamente con los líderes de la Tendencia de nivel nacional - creada por Montoneros- y de la capital provincial, y construyeron un discurso adonde afirmaban que el MAM debía representar, tanto a los medianos y pequeños propietarios como a la "clase trabajadora" del sector rural, lo que generó un creciente malestar entre sus filas. Con la llegada del peronismo al poder, se abrió otra etapa adonde quedaron expuestas las diferencias al interior del Movimiento. En 1974 se produjeron dos grandes rupturas: a principios de ese año, un grupo de agricultores formó la Asociación Misionera de Agricultores (AMA) y a mediados, otro sector decidió expulsar a los agricultores que integraban la conducción del MAM. Los expulsados formaron las Ligas Agrarias Misioneras (LAM) y en el medio de la escalada de la violencia armada y el pase a la clandestinidad de Montoneros, crearon junto a los dirigentes capitalinos, el Partido Descamisado primero y el Partido Auténtico después. Participaron de las elecciones de abril de 1975, ganaron dos bancas y en la Cámara Legislativa siguieron defendiendo los intereses de los "obreros rurales" y la instauración de la "patria socialista". Esta historia se vio violentamente interrumpida con la llegada del golpe militar del 24 de marzo de 1976, cuando los militantes del MAM, las LAM y del Partido Auténtico fueron el blanco de la represión en la provincia, aunque ésta se había iniciado unos meses antes. Pretendemos mostrar, a partir del microanálisis, cómo se fue organizando y consolidando desde 1972, este grupo de militantes locales provenientes de la capital provincial y del interior, que pretendió encuadrar al MAM en la Tendencia y fue perdiendo apoyos avanzada la década. Aún después de la expulsión, veremos de qué manera continuaron considerándose la "vanguardia" de los "agricultores" y de la "clase trabajadora rural". Todo esto en un clima adonde la cúpula de Montoneros ordenaba el pase a la clandestinidad y privilegiaba la lucha armada. En suma, trataremos de rescatar la complejidad que envolvió a estos grupos y que fue característica de esos años.

Susceptibility, conductivity and porosity along a GEM-SHARK profile

The coastal systems, are often subjected to high anthropogenic pressure, which makes it necessary to develop new techniques to assess the environmental impacts caused by such human activity. This paper presents the first results obtained during the development and implementation of a new equipment of submarine geophysics survey oriented to integrated coastal zone management (ICZM). It is based on the drag of a submarine in contact with the sea-bottom. The submarine is equipped with an electromagnetic sensor which allows the measurement of the magnetic susceptibility and electrical conductivity of the surface sediments continuously and to a depth of sediment of 40 cm. This system, once improved, will allow us to obtain valuable information for monitoring the environmental quality of coastal areas.

Late Pliocene carbonate mineralogy of ODP Hole 133-818B

Shedding of shallow carbonate material toward the deep slopes and basin floors is clearly tied to the position of the carbonate bank tops relative to the photic zone. The onset of bank shedding in periplatform sediments can record either the flooding of the bank tops within the photic zone during a rise in sea level following a period of exposure, referred to in the literature as the "highstand shedding" scenario, or the reentry of the bank tops into the photic zone during a lowering of sea level following a period of drowning, referred to as the "lowstand shedding" scenario. Results from Leg 133 post-cruise research on the Pliocene sequences, drilled in six sites within different slope settings of the Queensland Plateau, seem to point out that the latter "lowstand shedding" scenario can be applied to this particular carbonate system. At the Queensland Plateau sites, the early Pliocene (5.2-3.5 Ma) and the earliest part of the late Pliocene (3.5-2.9 Ma) age sequences were characterized, especially in the ôdeepö Sites 811 and 817, by pelagic sediments (foraminifers and coccoliths) and by typically pelagic sedimentation rates not exceeding 20 mm/k.y. The earliest part of the late Pliocene age section was characterized by well-developed hardgrounds in the "shallow" Sites 812 and 814 and by normal pelagic sediments mixed with reworked phosphatized planktonic foraminifers in Site 813. Finally, the early part of the late Pliocene (2.9-2.4 Ma) section was characterized by high sedimentation rates, related to the shedding and admixture into the pelagic sediments of bank-derived materials. These bank-derived materials consist of either diagenetically unaltered fine aragonite with traces of dolomite in Site 818 or micritic calcite resulting from seafloor and/or shallow burial alteration in the deepest Sites 817 and 811. The highest sedimentation rates (163 mm/k.y.) were recorded in Site 818, drilled nearest the modern carbonate bank of Tregrosse Reef. The sedimentation rates decrease with increasing distance from Tregrosse Reef - 120 mm/k.y. in Site 817 and 47.5 mm/k.y. in Site 811. The initial appearance of fine aragonite in Site 818, corresponding to the transition from pelagic to periplatform sedimentation rates, has been dated at 2.9 Ma. This Pliocene sediment pattern on the Queensland Plateau is different from the pattern observed in sediments from two earlier ODP legs (i.e., Leg 101 in the Bahamas and in Leg 115 in the Maldives), where aragonite-rich sediments, characterized by high periplatform sedimentation rates, were observed in the lower Pliocene section (5.2-3.5 Ma), whereas the upper Pliocene (3.5-1.6 Ma) sediments are more pelagic in nature and are characterized by low sedimentation rates or major hiatuses. These Pliocene periplatform sequences in the Bahamas and in the Maldives and late Quaternary age periplatform sequences worldwide have pointed out that "highstand shedding" was the typical response of carbonate platforms to fluctuations in sea level, just opposite to a "lowstand shedding" response to sea-level fluctuations, typical of siliciclastic shelves. Assuming that the envelope of Haq et al.'s (1987) sea-level curve, showing a well-defined lowering of sea level between 3.5 and 2.9 Ma, can also be applied to the southwest Pacific Ocean, based on a high-resolution Pliocene d18O record from the Ontong Java Plateau recently published by Jansen et al. (1993, doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.130.028.1993), the Pliocene periplatform sequences on the Queensland Plateau would have recorded the reentry of the bank tops into the photic zone during a general lowering of sea level, following an interval characterized by high sea level, during which the shallow carbonate system on the Queensland Plateau was drowned. The early Pliocene age (5.2-3.5 Ma) sediments deposited on the Queensland Plateau, an established interval of eustatic sea-level highstand, are typically pelagic in character. In addition, relatively cold surface temperatures (estimated to have ranged from 18° to 20°C by Isern et al. [this volume]) might have also stressed the reefs during early Pliocene time and contributed to the drowning of the Queensland Plateau carbonate system during the late Miocene and early Pliocene. Differential and relatively high subsidence rates, inferred by variations in paleodepth of water (based upon benthic foraminifer assemblages; Katz and Miller, this volume) may also have influenced the drowning of the carbonate bank tops on the Queensland Plateau during the late Miocene and early Pliocene. The sediments of early late Pliocene age (2.9-2.4 Ma), a well-established interval of lowering of sea level, are clearly periplatform and cyclic in nature. High-frequency (~40 k.y.) aragonite cycles, well-developed between 2.9 and 2.45 Ma, correlate with the planktonic high-resolution Pliocene d18O record from the Ontong Java Plateau, a good sea-level proxy (Jansen et al., in press). Contrary to late Quaternary age aragonite cycles from the Bahamas, the Nicaragua Rise, the Maldives, and the Queensland Plateau, the late Pliocene aragonite cycles in Hole 818B display high levels of aragonite during glacial stages and, therefore, lowstands of sea level. In addition, sediments deposited during the earliest part of the late Pliocene (3.5-2.9 Ma), transition between the early Pliocene highstand and the late Pliocene lowering in sea level, have recorded the first evidence of a fall in sea level, by (1) the occurrence of synchronous submarine hardgrounds in the two shallowest sites (Sites 812 and 814), (2) the deposition of reworked material from the shallower part of the slope into the intermediate Sites 813 and 818, and (3) the deposition of pelagic sediments in the deepest Sites 817 and 817. In summary, contrary to previous findings, the Pliocene periplatform sediments on the Queensland Plateau appear to have recorded a regional shedding of shallow carbonate bank tops during an interval of sea-level lowering, a good illustration of the "carbonate lowstand shedding" scenario, occurring during the reentry of previously drowned carbonate bank tops into the photic zone related to a decrease in sea level.

Guerra, relaciones de producción y economía en la Galia meridional post-romana

La guerra fue un fenómeno generalizado en la Galia meridional durante el siglo VI. Su omnipresencia estuvo alimentada en buena medida por la naturaleza de la dinámica política de los reinos, por la forma de interacción entre reyes y aristócratas. En el presente trabajo se analiza su influencia sobre las relaciones sociales de producción y la economía de la región. Concretamente, se argumenta que la guerra favoreció la inestabilidad de los vínculos de dependencia y -consecuentemente- la contracción económica que caracterizaron el periodo

Los radicalizados del sector rural. Los dirigentes del Movimiento Agrario Misionero y Montoneros (1971- 1976)

En este artículo analizaremos la trayectoria de un grupo de agricultores que fundó en el interior de la provincia de Misiones el Movimiento Agrario Misionero (MAM). Al principio, igual que en las demás provincias del Nordeste, los agricultores participaron juntos en las movilizaciones de protesta y fueron apoyados por el obispo católico del lugar. Los dirigentes se vincularon tempranamente con los líderes de la Tendencia de nivel nacional - creada por Montoneros- y de la capital provincial, y construyeron un discurso adonde afirmaban que el MAM debía representar, tanto a los medianos y pequeños propietarios como a la "clase trabajadora" del sector rural, lo que generó un creciente malestar entre sus filas. Con la llegada del peronismo al poder, se abrió otra etapa adonde quedaron expuestas las diferencias al interior del Movimiento. En 1974 se produjeron dos grandes rupturas: a principios de ese año, un grupo de agricultores formó la Asociación Misionera de Agricultores (AMA) y a mediados, otro sector decidió expulsar a los agricultores que integraban la conducción del MAM. Los expulsados formaron las Ligas Agrarias Misioneras (LAM) y en el medio de la escalada de la violencia armada y el pase a la clandestinidad de Montoneros, crearon junto a los dirigentes capitalinos, el Partido Descamisado primero y el Partido Auténtico después. Participaron de las elecciones de abril de 1975, ganaron dos bancas y en la Cámara Legislativa siguieron defendiendo los intereses de los "obreros rurales" y la instauración de la "patria socialista". Esta historia se vio violentamente interrumpida con la llegada del golpe militar del 24 de marzo de 1976, cuando los militantes del MAM, las LAM y del Partido Auténtico fueron el blanco de la represión en la provincia, aunque ésta se había iniciado unos meses antes. Pretendemos mostrar, a partir del microanálisis, cómo se fue organizando y consolidando desde 1972, este grupo de militantes locales provenientes de la capital provincial y del interior, que pretendió encuadrar al MAM en la Tendencia y fue perdiendo apoyos avanzada la década. Aún después de la expulsión, veremos de qué manera continuaron considerándose la "vanguardia" de los "agricultores" y de la "clase trabajadora rural". Todo esto en un clima adonde la cúpula de Montoneros ordenaba el pase a la clandestinidad y privilegiaba la lucha armada. En suma, trataremos de rescatar la complejidad que envolvió a estos grupos y que fue característica de esos años.

Sediments and tephra layers from the southern Tyrrhenian abyssal plain near Marsili Seamount

From the south-eastern Tyrrhenian deep-sea floor, four sediment cores of "Meteor" cruise 22 (1971) are described. These cores were taken in the basin between the Aeolian Islands and the Marsili Seamount, an elevation of more tha 3000 m above the sea floor. The sedimentation of the deep-sea basin is distinguished by a sequence of turbidites with a high sedimentation rate. The composition of the clastic material and the position of the cores in the mouth area of the morphologically very pronounced Stromboli Canyon suggest an interpretation of the turbidite sequence as fan of this canyon onto the deep-sea floor. A white rhyolitic pumice-tephra at the base of the 4 m thick sequence of turbidites in core M22-102 has been correlated with the Pelato eruption of the island of Liparo in the 6th century A.D. At the foot of the Marsili Seamount - apparently in morphologically elevated positions - the influence of the turbidite sedimentation increases, the rate of sedimentation is lower and stratigraphic omissions are probable. Here, rather compacted globigerina marls have been found in only 15 -25 cm depth. In addition, volcanic material in the form of lapilli layers, palagonitized ashes and detrital volcanic sands of the Marsili Seamount have been encountered in this area. An up to 3 cm thick layer of completely palagonitized basaltic ash intercalates with the marls at the base of two cores. Layers of very fresh olivine basaltic lapilli in core 103 and palagonitized lapilli of latitic composition in core 104 testify to an explosive submarine volcanism of the Marsili Seamount. According to the stratigraphy of core 103, the latest manifestations of this basaltic volcanism belong to the late Pleistocene (Emiliana huxleyi-zone of Nannoplankton stratigraphy) The basaltic lapilli are glassy to perhyaline with phenocrysts or microphenocrysts predominantely of olivine. The petrological character of the basaltic volcanites with high MgO, Ni, Cr and high MgO/FeO- and Ni/Co-ratios exhibits primitive basaltic features. These basalts clearly differ from basalts of the ocean floors, mid-ocean ridges and marginal basins. Prominent features are a missing iron-enrichment trend and low TiO2. Al2O3 tends to be high, as well as K2O and related trace elements (Ba, Sr). In spite of silica undrsaturation and high color index, the Marsili basalt exhibit some analogies with the calcalkaline basalts of the Aeolian arc, as well as the undersaturated basalts of some other circumoceanic areas.

Mineralogy and geochemistry of Miocene tuff from ODP Hole 129-802A

Drilling at Ocean Drilling Program Site 802 in the central Mariana Basin, northwest Pacific Ocean, revealed an unexpected 222-m-thick sequence of well-cemented tuff of Miocene age. The deposits are unusual in that their source is presumably an unmapped seamount and they exhibit several peculiar petrological and mineralogical features. The well-developed secondary mineral sequence which includes analcime is rare in such relatively young, unburied deposits, in an area where there is little other evidence of hydrothermal activity. The massive tuff section also contains abundant fissure veins made of a rare silicate carbonate sulfate hydroxide hydrate of calcium, called thaumasite, which has not before been described in deep submarine deposits. The smectite-zeolite-thaumasite paragenesis coincides with the presence of chloride and calcium-enriched interstitial waters. The diagenetic evolution of the deposit appears to have been largely controlled by the depositional mode. The discharges of disaggregated and rejuvenated volcaniclasts seem to have been abrupt and repeated. The Miocene tuff at Site 802 thus provides new insights on the interactions between basaltic glass, biogenic phases, and seawater, in a specific deep-sea environment.

Geochemistry of sediments from the mid-oceanic Kolbeinsey Ridge

In order to assess recent submarine volcanic contributions to the sediments from the active Kolbeinsey Ridge, surface samples were analyzed chemically. The contribution of major and trace elements studied differ within the study area. A statistical analysis of the geochemical variables using factor analysis and cluster method allows to distinguish possible sample groups. Cluster method identifies three distinct sediment groups located in different areas of sedimentation. Group 1 is characterized by highest contents of Fe2O3, V, Co, Ni, Cu and Zn demonstrating the input of volcaniclastic material. Group 2 comprises high values of CaCO3, CaO and Sr representing biogenic carbonate. Group 3 is characterized by the elements K, Rb, Cs, La and Pb indicating the terrigenous component. The absolute percentage of the volcanic, biogenic and terrigenous components in the bulk sediments was calculated by using a normative sediment method. The highest volcanic component (> 60% on a carbonate free basis) is found on the ridge crest. The biogenic component is highest (10-30%) in the eastern part of the Spar Fracture Zone influenced by the East Iceland Current. Samples from the western and southeastern region of the study area contain more than 90% of terrigenous component which appears to be mainly controlled by input of ice-rafted debris.

Petrography and geochemistry of basement rocks from five DSDP Leg 60 Sites

Bulk chemistry and trace elements data were measured in 72 samples, selected from 5 basement sections, which have been recovered by Leg 60 drilling (Sites 453, 454, 456, 458, and 459). According to analytical results a metagabbro- metabasalt breccia, deposited about 5 Ma at the westernmost flank of the Mariana Trough (Site 453), was derived from an island arc source. Basalts from the Mariana Trough (Sites 454 and 456) are similar in many respects to midoceanic ridge basalts (MORB). Yet rocks of unusual geochemistry, reflecting the possible influence of arc volcanism, were found among the pillow lavas at the easternmost trough (Site 456). The acoustic basement in the Mariana fore-arc region was formed by submarine eruptions of arc tholeiites (Sites 458 and 459) and peculiar high-MgO andesites related to the boninite suite.